Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking and commenting, Nathan. Yes, it's good to hold on to the past. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 12/8/2015 12:57 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Good on you for preserving those memories. I have done the same with my > father?s pre-war photographs. In fact, considering that those pictures > were made in a poor part of Eastern Poland in the 1920s and 1930s, they > have held up amazingly well. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 07 Dec 2015, at 21:52, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >> >> In 1980, I was shooting with a Polaroid SX-70. This is an edited scan, >> showing my late wife and our first grandchild. He is now a doctor with a >> successful practice in Internal Medicine, and has four children of his >> own. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Rob+and+Grandma+1980.jpg.html >> >> Among the family history keepsakes that my wife had was a studio photo of >> her great-grandparents and their family, typical of the studio work of >> the early 1900s. Her grandfather is the young man second from the right >> as you view the photo. There are some stains from the years that show if >> one looks too closely. I did not attempt to remove them. >> >> Her grandfather went on to build his own trailer incorporating a Direct >> Positive studio, which he and his wife used at fairs and celebrations to >> provide income during the 1930s. His younger brother, in front, >> organized a crew that toured the West offering to convert family pictures >> into curved-glass covered portraits. Though most such crews were honest, >> there were some dissatisfied customers, resulting in signs telling >> portrait salesmen that they were unwelcome and might be shot. >> >> The young girl in front lived to be 101. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Orr+Family+Circa+1906.TIFF.html >> >> Comments and critiques always appreciated. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> -- >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus >> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ >> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >